News For: Fast MedicalClosing arguments postponed in trial of two former Roger Williams Medical Center executives PROVIDENCE — The closing arguments in the corruption trial of Robert A. Urciuoli and Frances P. Driscoll, two former executives at Roger Williams Medical Center, have been delayed until Monday or later, a judge announced yesterday. Medical Examiner Identifies SF Man Shot At Taco Truck The San Francisco medical examiner's office has identified the victim of a fatal shooting Tuesday afternoon in the city's Potrero Hill neighborhood as 32-year-old Armando Rodriguez, of San Francisco. Man's death in Winnipeg ER 'preventable': chief medical examiner The death of a Winnipegger who waited more than 34 hours in a city emergency room without receiving care was preventable, the province's chief medical examiner said Wednesday. Hillsborough Medical Examiner's Office Moving To New Digs The medical examiner's office is moving from downtown to near the University of South Florida, where it will have more space for bodies and will be out of a flood zone. Side effects severely underreported in ENT medical journals American Academy of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery Harms and adverse events untoward side effects of surgery or medicine have been under-reported or poorly described at an alarming low rate by the publishing authors in the four leading otolaryngology medical journals, according to new research presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery ... Medical Examiner: Tasered Man Died From Cocaine A medical examiner says a Monroeville man who died shortly after being zapped with a police taser died from consuming cocaine, not from the electric shock. Medical-supply pay is cited WASHINGTON - The government paid more than $1 billion in questionable Medicare claims for medical supplies that showed little relation to a patient's condition, including blood glucose strips for sexual impotence and special diabetic shoes for leg amputees, congressional investigators say. OBS Medical Receives New FDA 510(k) Clearance Expanding Visensia Solutions for Hospital Patient Safety OBS Medical announced today that the Food and Drug Administration has granted 510k clearance for the company to market its VisensiaR Alert VitalAlertTM in the United States. Operator of Trinity Medical Center files for Ch. 11 Hospital Partners of America Inc., the company that currently operates Trinity Medical Center in Carrollton, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. HealthPartners Medical Group Tops in Quality for Patients in State Medical Programs HealthPartners Medical Group received some of the highest quality of care marks among all Minnesota medical groups that serve people in state health care programs according to a new report on health care disparities issued by Minnesota Community Measurement -- a non-profit dedicated to improving the quality of health care in Minnesota. |


